Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 05 Jun 2026

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06/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 192

Frequency: every 234 days

Duration: 00:50:18

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (7 shows)

2. pepe&chema (2 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Audible Original (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (15 shows)

4. ART19 (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
3	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
9	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
10	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
12	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
15	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
16	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
17	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
18	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
23	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
24	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
25	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
26	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
27	Getting Free	International Beit Din	Society & Culture	7	Podbean	63
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
30	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
31	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
32	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
35	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
36	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
37	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
39	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
40	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
42	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
43	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
44	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
45	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
46	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
47	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
48	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
50	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
51	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
52	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
54	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
56	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
57	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
58	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
59	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
60	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
61	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
62	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
63	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
64	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
65	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
66	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
67	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
68	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
69	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
70	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
72	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
73	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
74	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
77	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
78	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
79	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	713	Omny Studio	53
80	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
81	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	236	Acast	43
83	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
84	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
85	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
86	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
87	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
88	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
89	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	127	Buzzsprout	53
90	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
91	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
92	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
93	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
94	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
95	85,000: The Podcast	SLAP The Network	Society & Culture	9	WideOrbit	48
96	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
97	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
98	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
100	Voice Of GO(r)D	Gord Magill - autonomoustruckers.substack.com	Society & Culture	132	Spotify for Podcasters	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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